-Christian Nestell Bovee.
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One of the problems of living in beautiful southern California is the absolute lack of clouds in the sky. Other than the marine layer that happens during the summer, the sky is often blue with a good supply of smog. I have found this to be true even after a rain or in the morning. This also means that one of my favorite filters, the LEE 10-stop ND, almost never see any use when we are touring locations near Socal.
So, I relish my opportunities when I am at a location where there are clouds and their motion is creating some drama in the sky. This shot was taken at the smith rock state park near Bend, Oregon. The morning we visited, I noticed that the sky still had some cloud cover in the morning and the wind was whipping the clouds around creating some amazing motion in the sky. So finally I had a chance to get the 10 stop ND out and capture all the fun stuff happening in the sky.
This shot was taken using a 10 stop ND to capture the motion in the sky and a 1 stop ND grad to balance the light in the sky and the rocks. I metered the scene on the clouds and calculated the 11 stops that I had to compensate manually. Focusing was also set manually on the rock cliffs. Color correction done in photoshop included setting the white balance of the image to compensate for the blue tinge that often comes with Lee Big Stopper.